Partial growth hormone deficiency in adults; Should we be looking for it?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-435

  Shalet, Stephen M ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77955897099     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03809.x     Document Type: Article

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